Her writing on Winnie Mandela cuts through layers of slanted history and residual double standards which perpetuate injustice and inequality. Moreover, it is a humbling reminder that many – if not most – of us would have been personally broken by the treatment Winnie Madikizela-Mandela suffered at the hands of the apartheid regime. I wonder if a similar sanitising process will apply to Winnie Mandela’s legacy. Perhaps 50 years after her death she will be regarded by South Africans in a similar light as Nelson Mandela and will have a memorial statue in her honour. Mike PenderCardiff• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters

Source: The Guardian April 04, 2018 17:26 UTC